KardashianArmenian Alternate transcription of Kardashyan. This is the name of an Armenian-American family of socialites.
KareninaLiterature In Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina' (1877), this is the title character's surname, the feminine form of her husband's surname, Karenin.
KatayamaJapanese From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "partial, one-sided" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
KatayoseJapanese From Japanese 片 (kata) meaning "one-sided, partial" and 寄 (yose) meaning "contribute, donate, increase".
KathakanonthThai It is a surname bestowed upon the reign of King Rama VI of the Thai Chakri Dynasty.
KatsumaruJapanese From 勝 (shou, ka.tsu, katsu, -ga.chi, sugu.reru, masa.ru) meaning "excel, prevail, victory, win" and combined with 丸 (maru) "round, circle".
KatsumataJapanese Katsu means "victory, win, prevail" and mata means "again, furthermore".
KatsumotoJapanese Katsu means "victory" and moto means "source, origin, root".
KatsushimaJapanese The word Katsu (勝) meaning "cutlet" and the word Shima (島) meaning "mother".
KatsuyamaJapanese Katsu means "victory" and yama means "mountain, hill".
KaunismäkiFinnish Derived from Finnish kaunis "beautiful, pretty" and mäki "hill".
KaurismäkiFinnish Derived from Finnish kauris, meaning "deer", and mäki, meaning "hill".
KavakamiJapanese (Russified) Alternate transcription of Kawakami more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
KavasakiJapanese (Russified) Alternate transcription of Kawasaki more commonly used by ethnic Japanese living in parts of the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin Japanese residing on Sakhalin Island in Russia.
KhalimbekovKazakh This surname is derived from the Kazakh given name Khalimbek, which combines the elements Khalim ("generous") and Bek ("ruler" or "leader"). Therefore, Халимбеков (Khalimbekov) would roughly mean "descendant of Khalimbek" or "belonging to the family of Khalimbek".
KhammanivongLao From Lao ຄຳ (kham) meaning "gold", ມະນີ (mani) meaning "gem, jewel" and ວົງ (wong) meaning "lineage, family".
KharitonovmRussian Means "son of Khariton". Nikolay Kharitonov was the KPRF's candidate for the 2024 Russian elections.
KhrzhanovskiyRussian, Jewish Russian form of Chrzanowski. Khrzhanovskiy was the last name of Andrey and Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, both Soviet film directors. Ilya has made most of his career in the Russian Federation.
KhumpiraphanThai From Thai คัมภีร (khampira) meaning "deep; profound" and พันธุ์ (phan) meaning "breed; species; lineage".
KidamuraJapanese From 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood", 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable", or 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", combined with 田 (da) meaning rice paddy, field" and 村 (mura) means "hamlet, village".
KirigayaJapanese From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, combined with 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," sometimes with the infixation of the historical possessive particle が (ga) (written as ヶ) that is most often used in place names and surnames... [more]
KirigiriPopular Culture This surname is used as 霧切 with 霧 (bu, bou, mu, kiri) meaning "fog, mist" and 切 (sai, setsu, ki.ri, -ki.ri, ki.ru, -ki.ru, ki.re, -ki.re, ki.reru, -ki.reru, -gi.ri, -gi.re) meaning "be sharp, cut(off)."... [more]
KiriharaJapanese From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
KirimotoJapanese From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia tree" and 本 (moto) meaning "root, origin, source".
KirimuraJapanese Kiri means "paulownia" and mura means "hamlet, village".
KirishimaJapanese (Rare) From 桐 (kiri), referring to the tree known commonly as the empress or foxglove tree, 霧 (kiri) meaning "fog, mist" or 切 (kiri) meaning "end, finish; bounds, limits" combined with 島/嶋 (shima) meaning "island."
KiritaniJapanese From 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
KiriyamaJapanese From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia tree" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".
KisaragiJapanese (Rare) 如月 (Kisaragi) can be translated as "February" and "second month of the lunar calendar" (obsolete term) and the kanji means (如月 = likeness; like; such as; as if; better; best; equal | month; moon)... [more]
KishikawaJapanese From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
KishiokaJapanese formed with 岸 (Kishi, Gan) meaning "Beach" and 岡 (Oka, Kō) meaning "Mount; hill; knoll”. So the mean it could be interpreted as “Hill of the Beach” or “Beach Hill”
KishiyamaJapanese From Japanese 岸 (kishi) meaning "beach, shore, bank" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
KitadaiJapanese From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 代 (dai) meaning "society, world, cost, price" or 台 (dai) meaning "Taiwan, machine or vehicle counter, stand, pedestal".
KitagakiJapanese From 北 (kita) meaning "north" and 垣 (gaki) meaning "hedge, fence".
KiyosakaJapanese Kiyo means "pure, clean" and saka means "slope, hill".
KiyosakiJapanese Kiyo means "pure" and saki means "cape, promontory, peninsula".
KiyouraJapanese Combination of the Kanji 清 (kiyo, "clear, pure, refreshing, clean") and 浦 (ura, "bay, inlet"). A famous bearer of this surname was Japanese Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo (清浦 奎吾; 1850–1942).
KoinumaJapanese From 鯉 (koi) meaning "carp fish" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
KoiwaiJapanese From 小 (ko) meaning "little, small" combined with 岩 (iwa) meaning "stone" and 井 (i) meaning "pit, mineshaft, well" or 祝 (iwai) meaning "blessing, celebrate, congratulations".
KowalewskiPolish, Jewish Habitational name for someone from places called Kowalew or Kowalewo, named with kowal "smith" or an occupational name for a blacksmith.
KowalkowskiPolish habitational name for someone from any of several places called Kowalki or Kowaliki, named with kowalik
KoyajimaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 紺屋島 (Koyajima) meaning "Koyajima", a division in the area of Gomajima in the city of Oyabe in the prefecture of Toyama in Japan.... [more]
KoyanagiJapanese From Japanese 小 (ko) meaning "small" and 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
KrzyżanowskiPolish habitational name for someone from Krzyżanów in Piotrków or Płock voivodeships, Krzyżanowo in Płock or Poznań voivodeships, or various places in Poland called Krzyżanowice, all named with krzyż ‘cross’.
KubitschekGerman Germanized form of Kubíček. This name was borne by Juscelino Kubitschek (1902-1976), the Brazilian president who founded the city of Brasília in 1960, replacing Rio de Janeiro as the capital city of Brazil... [more]
KugimiyaJapanese This surname is used as 釘宮 with 釘 (chou, tei, kugi) meaning "nail, peg, tack" and 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess, Shinto shrine."... [more]
KugisakiJapanese Kugi means "nail, tack, peg" and saki means "peninsula, promontory, cape".
KunugizaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 椚座 (Kunugiza) meaning "Kunugiza", a former division in the former village of Kusaka in the former district of Tsuna in the former Japanese province of Awaji in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
KuramochiJapanese From Japanese 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse" and 持 (mochi) meaning "hold, have, possess".
KuramotoJapanese From Japanese 倉 or 蔵 (kura) meaning "warehouse, storehouse" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
KuramuraJapanese Kura means "storehouse" and mura means "village, hamlet".
KuranishiJapanese Kura means "granary, warehouse, storehouse, has, possess" and nishi means "west".
KurashikiJapanese From 倉 (kura) meaning "have, possess, storehouse, granary", combined with 式 (shiki) meaning "formula, expression, ceremony" or 敷 (shiki) meaning "house, paving".
KurauchiJapanese From Japanese 倉 (kura) or 蔵/藏 (kura) both meaning "granary, storehouse" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".
KuromushaJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 黒武者 (Kuromusha) meaning "Kuromusha", a division in the division of Urano in the area of Iriki in the city of Satsumasendai in the prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan or a name of a group of several households in the Kadowari System that took place in the Edo Period in the former Japanese province of Satsuma in parts of present-day Kagoshima, Japan.
KuroshimaJapanese From Japanese 黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
KurushimaJapanese From 栗 (kuru) meaning "chestnut" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".
KusakariJapanese From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass, herbs" and 刈 (kari) meaning "reap, cut, prune".
KusanagiJapanese From Japanese 草 (kusa) meaning "grass" and 彅 (nagi) meaning "cutter". A notable bearer of this surname is actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (草彅 剛, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, 1974–).
KushibikiJapanese From Japanese 櫛 (kushi) meaning "comb" and 引 (hiki) meaning "pull, stretch".
KusunokiJapanese From Japanese 楠 (kusunoki) meaning "camphor tree". This name can also be formed from 楠 (kusu) meaning "camphor", an unwritten possessive particle, and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".